LightZone 1.0

I've never seen an application quite like LightZone. While at first glance it might appear to be a Photoshop challenger, that conclusion is off base. Yes, LightZone looks similar to Photoshop in some ways but after using it for an hour or so, I began...

LightZone 1.0 is an ideal tool for photographers. Photoshop has too many bells and whistles for many photo enthusiasts, who just want to make straightforward adjustments accurately and quickly. If you have a speedy processor and some understanding of...

LightZone 1.0

While new-fangled applications such as Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture aim to be the central workflow tool for digital photographers, neither attempts to take on Photoshop for deep image editing - yet.

Lacks important retouching tools, region selection tools need refinement, and performance is slow when multiple regions and modification tools are active. Some important tools are accessible only through option- and control-click.

RegionMapper tools, a set of selection tools similar to Photoshop's, allow you to mask specific areas of an image. Unfortunately, there is no way to invert a selected region

Lacks important retouching tools ; region selection tools need refinement ; regions that bleed to the edge of the image area are tricky to select, slow performance when multiple regions and modification tools are active ; some important tools are...

While both programs facilitate photo manipulation, Photoshop features many tools that are better suited to illustrators and designers as opposed to fine-art photographers. LightZone's tools, on the other hand, are exclusively geared toward working with...